List of local nature reserves in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire is a ceremonial county in south-east England.[1] Its county town is Aylesbury,[2] and it is surrounded by Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire to the east, Surrey and Berkshire to the south, Greater London to the south-east and Oxfordshire to the west.[3] As of April 2020, the ceremonial county is administered by two unitary authorities, Buckinghamshire Council and Milton Keynes City Council.[4] Buckinghamshire has an area of 1874 km2, and a population of 739,600.[5]

Local nature reserves (LNRs) are designated by local authorities under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949. The local authority must have a legal control over the site, by owning or leasing it or having an agreement with the owner. LNRs are sites which have a special local interest either biologically or geologically, and local authorities have a duty to care for them. They can apply local bye-laws to manage and protect LNRs.[6][7]

As of July 2016 there are sixteen LNRs in Buckinghamshire.[8][a] Fifteen are in the Buckinghamshire Council area, and one is in the City of Milton Keynes. Two sites are also Sites of Special Scientific Interest and four are in the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The largest is Black Park LNR with 65.8 hectares. This is part of the 250 hectare Black Park Country Park and the forty-three square mile Colne Valley regional park.[13] The smallest site is the 0.5 hectare Coombs Quarry, which has geological interest due to a Jurassic layer, and Romano-British archaeology.[14] There is public access to all sites except Buckingham Sand Pit.

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  1. ^ "South East (England)". Office for National Statistics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Aylesbury". Visit Buckinghamshire. Archived from the original on 26 April 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  3. ^ The Ordnance Survey Atlas of Great Britain. London, UK: Book Club Associates. 1982. p. 189.
  4. ^ "Your Guide to the Counties of England". Counties in England. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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  6. ^ "Protected or designated areas". Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England. 9 April 2013. Archived from the original on 4 May 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Local nature reserves: setting up and management". Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Natural England. 2 October 2014. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Local Nature Reserves: Search Results for Buckinghamshire". Natural England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  9. ^ "Denham Quarry Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 8 June 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  10. ^ "Map of Denham Quarry Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  11. ^ "Denham Country Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. 23 March 2015. Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  12. ^ "Map of Denham Country Park". Local Nature Reserves. Natural England. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
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  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference coombs was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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